Valérie Gauriat

Ukraine

Young Ukrainians rebuild destroyed homes in the village of Horenka

Euronews' Valérie Gauriat travelled to Ukraine and witnessed locals rebuilding the destroyed village of Horenka, north of Kyiv.

9 February 2023

Euronews Witness

Guns, gangs and soup kitchens: Exploring Sweden's issues of inequality

A dispute over the construction of a bridge connecting one of Stockholm's poorest neighbourhoods with a wealthy suburb sheds light on Sweden's deepening issue of inequality.

26 January 2023

Euronews Witness

Inflation crisis: French students struggle to survive

In this episode of Witness, Valérie Gauriat sheds light on the impact soaring food prices and energy bills are having on France's student population.

23 December 2022

Euronews Witness

Asylum crisis in Belgium: A sign of failing European migration policy?

Unable to cope with the scores of asylum seekers, Belgian authorities point to the lack of European solidarity.

24 November 2022

Belgium

Belgium's asylum crisis: symptom of Europe's failed migration policies

Belgium's asylum system falling apart at the seams as refugees struggle to find shelter

24 November 2022

Euronews Witness

Can the Swedish city Malmö provide answers to our energy crisis?

Malmö, has 560 kilometres of bike lanes. Smart housing, renewable energies, and clean transport, and the city has been exploring all avenues of the sustainable economy since the 1970s oil crisis. Do they hold the answer to the climate and energy crisis?

27 October 2022

Euronews Witness

EuroPride 2022: Historic march goes ahead after ban

Despite religious protests and a restricted Pride march, the annual EuroPride event for the LGBTIQA+ community in Europe, went ahead in Belgrade and makes history as the first in the Balkans and South-East Europe.

30 September 2022

Serbia

Karen Melchior: “Discrimination of minorities: the canaries in the coal mine of democracy”

Karen Melchior is a Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe) from Denmark, and member of the European Parliament’s LGBTI Intergroup. Speaking to euronews reporter Valérie Gauriat at Belgrade’s EuroPride this september.

30 September 2022

Serbia

Maria Walsh: “There must be a clear plan so that minority groups are not left unsafe”

Maria Walsh is a Member of the European Parliament from Ireland (Fine Gael, EPP), and Vice-President of the European Parliament’s LGBTI Intergroup. Attending the Belgrade EuroPride2022, she was among those who urged the Serbian Presidency to lift the ban on the march due to end a week of events.

30 September 2022

Serbia

Helena Dalli: “We cannot live in a world where people are not treated equally”

Helena Dalli is the European Commissioner for Equality. Attending the Human Rights conference at Belgrade’s Europride2022, she spoke to euronews reporter Valerie Gauriat of the importance of defending LGBTQI+ rights, in a European context where civil rights as a whole are increasingly under attack.

30 September 2022

Euronews Witness

Ukraine war: Survivors describe Russian army atrocities

Following the retreat of Russian forces from near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Euronews' Valerie Gauriat travels to the region to look into the alleged war crimes by Russian troops against the civilian population.

24 May 2022

Ukraine

Ukrainians celebrate Easter in zone formerly occupied by Russian forces

Allthough public gatherings were not recommended for the orthodox easter, many in Ukraine felt it was all the more important to attend church service this Sunday, the 60th day of the war.

24 April 2022

Ukraine

'He stood in front of the armoured vehicle and they just ran over him'

Alexander Sergueiovich Salov on his father's death near Kyiv.

21 April 2022

Euronews Witness

Tears, blood and courage: when war came to Ukraine

This edition of Witness is dedicated to the first two weeks of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Euronews reporter Valérie Gauriat travelled to Kyiv and Lviv in the west of the country, gathering testimonies. This is her first-person account of the early stages of the war.

6 April 2022

Ukraine

Foreign fighters drawn to Ukraine's international legion

French former military planning to enrol in Ukraine's International legion decides to dedicate himself to humanitarian help instead

18 March 2022

Ukraine

Ukrainians flock to Lviv to catch train to neighbouring countries

The train station in the western town of Lviv has become a focal point for the flow of refugees escaping the fighting.

6 March 2022

Ukraine

After moving to Lviv, foreign embassies become busy evacuating expats

Foreign embassies in Ukraine now situated in Lviv are starting to evacuate their citizen as the war is now felt all over the country.

4 March 2022

Euronews Witness

"Nothing, there’s nothing": Senegal’s plummeting fish stocks drive migrant surge to Europe

In this edition of Witness, Euronews' Valerie Gauriat takes us to Senegal, to see how the depletion of fish stocks which they blame on chinese and european vessels, is prompting many young people to risk all to get to Europe.

11 February 2022

Euronews Witness

Human pawns: the migrants trapped in a geo-political chess game

In this Witness, Euronews Valerie Gauriat reports from the border between Poland and Belarus, meeting the migrants stuck in a geo-political standoff between Minsk, Warsaw and the rest of the EU.

17 December 2021

Euronews Witness

The plight of migrants trapped between Poland and Belarus

Caught in the political tug-of-war between Belarus and the EU, thousands of migrants are trapped at the border between Poland and Belarus. Euronews' correspondent Valerie Gauriat witnessed their plight and the dismay of Polish local population.

5 November 2021